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Ask The Gift Basket Expert

Ask The Gift Basket Expert

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How do you learn to get more business and make fewer mistakes when starting a gift basket business or adding gift baskets in your store? You ask an expert!

Shirley George Frazier, author and gift basket industry expert, provides solutions to easy and complex questions in this $5 billion industry.

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  • Must All Gift Baskets be Wrapped?

    Posted on Friday November 20th, 2009 at 09:08 in design tips

    Tanya asks: My customers want to see what’s inside of the gift basket before they buy it, and this costs me money because I have to take the cellophane wrapping off the gift, which wastes money since I have to re-wrap it. Now I’m wonderin...

  • How to Answer the Phone When You’re Not There

    Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 09:09 in business basics

    Sheila asks: “I have a gift basket business and work elsewhere until I make enough money to work on gift baskets full time. Since I can’t answer the phone during the day, what are my options to get orders from people who call me when I...

  • How Do I Increase My Gift Basket Business Success?

    Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 08:18 in business basics

    Teri asks: “I’m just starting my gift basket business and am concerned about succeeding. The economy is making me nervous. What must I do to ensure my long-term success?” There have been many changes in this industry due to worldwid...

  • How Do I Market My Gift Baskets?

    Posted on Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 07:27 in Marketing

    Edith asks: “How do I market my gift baskets? I can design but am not sure how to sell.” There are three parts to my answer. 1. When you originally decided to start a gift basket business, who was your target customer? In other words, wha...

  • A Customer Cancels a Custom Order. Now What?

    Posted on Thursday September 17th, 2009 at 09:40 in products and supplies

    Tammy asks: “A new customer asked me to add some items in her gift basket order that I didn’t have in stock. I agreed to buy it for her, but when I told her the basket was ready, she said that she found something else and didn’t nee...

  • How Do I Get Gift Basket Sales?

    Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 08:59 in sales and marketing, gift baskets, gift basket business, gift basket sales, how to sell gift baskets

    Tracy asks: “Can you give me some gift basket sales tips? I just can’t seem to get people to buy.” The best advice I can give you is to not focus on selling. That might sound counterproductive or downright strange, but thinking sole...

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